
FLASH radiotherapy: oxygen depletion is not the sole cause
Irradiation experiments suggest that oxygen depletion alone is not a suitable mechanism to explain the FLASH effect
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Irradiation experiments suggest that oxygen depletion alone is not a suitable mechanism to explain the FLASH effect
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